Using a hierarchical model to estimate risk-adjusted mortality for hospitals not included in the reference sample

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 577-587

  Clark, David E ^c   Hannan, Edward L ^a   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hierarchical models; Mortality; Multilevel models; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949277746     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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